Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 September 1823 — Page 1
'ESTSIiN SUN & GENERAL ABTEHTISEH.
V t W ten HY liLIiiU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATUIIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1823. Vol. 14. No. 35
7Vi U ESTEILX SUM, I ? AohninistratOr'S Notice. ! ""arf Srram Numerous at- of IS days, in the steam boat Virginia, it S publish! at Two Dollars a nd jiunderLM.cd havrn taken out 1" ''J btt" T'. hy "WC' &" her second agC from St. Urn,.
lb pi
fifty Cents for Fifty- 'wo Numbers i
xv iiicli mav be dischjter-d by the pay- tatof John Willis, deed, late of Carlisle,
letters of administration on the es- " , , b 7 - was made, notwithstanding 1 n':? rrviuu. motion m.ln be obtained xvnhout the loss we were compelled. n ih cr,M,..r
; Vn V m , TtV 1 yJ 1 , ; Y, 01 luice incident to the use of the pitman of the route, to stop and cut won for thr merit of I WO DOLLARS at the time rmest all persons having claims aga n t Scvcral 1Iuchin ,)r this slCam engine. and cut od for the
ui ounscripuon. saiu estate to present mem nuuieuiaitiy
Payment in advance being the mutual and ail persons indebted to said estate
interest of both parties, that mode is so
hcitcd. A failure to notify a wish to di scontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new engagement No subscriber at liberty to discontinue until all arrearages are paid.
Subscribers must pay the postage of '
their papers sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Editor on business must be paid, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary terms. lO1"-Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly New-Orleans Prices Current. New Orleans, August 9, 1823 Bagging, Scotch, per yd scarce) 26 cts. . -Kentucky, per yd. 18 a 20
Bale-Rope, Kentucky, per lb. 6 Northern, 8 Bacon Hams, per lb. (sales) 9 Sides &c. per lb. 7 Beans, per bbl. Beef, mess. Northern, per bbl prime, per bbl. cargo, per bbl.
Brandy, Cog per gal. (salcs)Sl 12 a 115
Imitation (dull;
to make immediate payment.
HENRY REYNOLDS, AdmirAROBERl B l-.OW ELL, J strators. Carlisle, Sept, 1823. 33-3t
a 7 a 9 a 12 a 9 83 a g.O 6 5
i ft
5 a
Butter, per lb
Cotton, new crop, lb. 2d quality, Alabama Sc Tenn. Coffee, Havana, best, per lb. 23 a
50 cts.
18 cts 16 - 13 12
same, same, same, same, same, same, same,
same,
engine.
purpose, nave been patented, but it does " It is impossible to contemplate, with, not appear that anyone of them has been out pleasuie, the manner in which the refound to answer the expectations of its mote parts of our immense countiv arc inventer ; at least none have been put in- connected together, by an improvement to successlul operation. in the arts which is entirely Ameiican We have good reason to believe, how- and which is so admirably adapted to the ever, that the difficulty is at length sur- nature of our count! y, and its commeicial mounted On Saturday last, we saw in and political situation. Parts ol the Unioperation, an improved Rotary Steam on are now brought into close aro inEngn.e, just invented & patented by Jas. timate contact, and comfortable & cheap Thompson, an ingemus mechanic of this means of transportation afioided to points city, w hich we think judging fiom the heretofore considered so remote as to cxcorrcctness, regularity and swiftness of cite rather the fears than the hones of
"inrennes unk-ss the said lax- llS n,ollol,s' and lhe simplicity of its con- the politician, and bcli ved impervious to sarc meAous to tl at dnV mid ion, cannot iail to answer the pur- any but the Indian ttadcr, or the native llP U , "ed. '1 he specimen, or model , inhabitant.
which we saw, is upon a small scale, but j The sticam of the Upper Mississippi the ptinciple may be applied to niachin- j is found to answer admirably for steam eiy of any size and power. j boats the current is more mild than that
iMr. 1 hompson s improvement is thus ! ot the Ohio, and there is less timber in
Borough Collector's Tax Sale.
HALL offer for sale, at the court f t r: "If i.
iodise in v mcennes, on juunuuy uu
"seventh day of October next, for
theBorough taxes of the present year,
and the costs thereon, the following lots,
and parts of lots of ground, in the Bo
rough of Vincennes
es and costs
thereon. Sale to commence at the hour
of ten a. m. O tuners Names. Heirs of Wm. Jones, part of
same, same, part of
same,
same, same, same, same, same,
half of half of half of hatf of
JVo. Tax. 42 75 60 2 85 25 104 50 308 6J 355 6 384 6$ 385 6i 222 7k 193 75
Non Resident, two thirds of
Wm. LINDSAY, X. C. September 10, 1823. 33
Domingo.
20 14
50 i 50 cts.
Cheese, Goshen per lb. Choclatc, No. I, per lb. No. 2, No .3, Candles, Sperm, per lb. mould, do. Cordage, per lb. -Corn, per bbl (in -ar) Corn meal, per do Flour, sweet, per bbl. Gin, Holland per gal. American do. -Hides, per lb. Iron Swedes, per ton, Lard do. - - (dull) !Molasses, per gal (scarce) Nail, cut, per lb. -Pepper, per lb. Pork, mess, per bbl, Prime, cargo, Porter, London, per doz. Potatoes, bbl.
Rum, Jam- 4 p. per gal. C dull) 81 Rice, - - 24 a 4 25 N. Orleans, 4 p. - 55 . 1 p - 35 a 40 Salt, T. Islaiuhper bush - (dull) 40 a 45 Liverpool blown, per sack, g3 ground, do. - 2 75 Shot, per cwt. (plenty) g9 Skins, deer, in hair per lb. 12 a 16 cts. Beaver, - 2 a 225 Shaved - - 24 a 27 cts. Hear, apiece, - - gl a 2
Sugar, La. on plantation, lb. 8 a 8J cts,
in town, Havana, brown, white,
24
a 23 i a 16
17 15 13 32 10 a 12 8 a 10 75
2 6 a SI 45
11 - - glOO 5i a 6 15 a 18 7i a 8 20 a 21
gll a 8 a 6 a
83 a 150 a
12 9 7
350 o
ax Notice.
nrrcrim nuintr A XRS . that haVC
Y UVll V t. fjiL been previously cab u ii on, if not j&iu by the first day ot October next, may expect to have theii propiVty advertised foi the same. I witi be triven to this measiiieto make tiic coile tion within the time allowed bv Uiw. JOHN DECKER, Shf. k.c. September 12, 1823. State of Indiana, s. MAR PIN PROBATE C OUR ' , SPi CIAL TERM, Jug. 12, A I). 1323. hN application -t Cnasies R. Brown, ' y one of the Administrators on tne estate of John M Prentiss, late ot Hin-
set toitn m his patent. it; there arc a irrcat manv islands, hut
" I. The application of steam to propel ; the best channels always afford suftVicnt a single piston in an annular tube; the j waterthe steam boat went ft equtn h in pisiun 10 be attached perpendicularly to ' the night, and was only once aground, and the tacc of a cylindrical rim, which re- that but for a lew minutes. There' arc volves on a shaft in the central space few impediments to navigation in the riwhich the tube surrounds, and which fids vcr the Rapids at Des Moines and Rock up the space necessary to derive the mo-. river, can scatcely be consideicd as sucl lion of the piston in the lube, to the ex- for a considerable part of the ear. teimd n achineiy, the steam also being A common passage frcm St L;uis to ptxxen eduom passing lound the lube, Praiiic Du Chien hi a kei-1 boat, is 25 and acting on both sides of the piton by days, to this place 36, and frequently a slide or leaf valve, which is i aised each mote. I have no d:ubt but that with revolution ot the shaft and 'im, to permit wood properly prepa-.ed a steamboat the piston to pass under it, and remains will be able to go from St. Louis to Praidown the rema inder oi the lcvokition. lie Du Chien in four days, and this piace u 2. The application ol two mgincsof in eight days. As amt ansol security by the above construction, to one shaft, in assisting in any military operations asuch a manner that the steam may acton . gainst the Indians of the upper rivers, Sc .them alternately, each being driven, du- : keeping open a communication with the i ling a hall revolution, by the whole force military posts of facilitating the extcnot the steam, and during the remaining sion of the fur trade of affording a cheap
miii i t vo:ution oi eacn, respectively, oy us unu rapid means ol convevance into the
expar.olve force Piltsbuigh Gaz.
heart oi the richest mineral (lead') coun
try in the world of opening to the enterprize of our citizens the valuable pine timber, which abounds in inexhaustible quantities on some of the navigable branches of the Mississippi, and of attracting
tne attention ot cmigianis to the rich
From the Best on Gazette. " Do yuu fake the Neivsfiaficr ? During a pedestrian excursion to a ncigu-
dostan, deed for leave to sell a part ot tiie boring town, I fell in company with two vol rclol. f tt-iM vuil rl,-rf:ivfil. t.trd ncrSdllS. find Ci VC rh f 'M !'f thfi lollowiniT COll-
in his petition Ordered, .hat the said vcrsation, which 1 consider of sufficient countiy on the Mississippi above the Administrators, or either of then., be, and importance to be inserted in your next pa- "U much may be expected advanthey are hereby authorised to make saie, per. An Observer. J?RcoU5 to the state of Missouri, and paron the first Monday of December n . x., A How does it happen, neighbor B, Ocularly to St. Louis, from the successful on one years credit, tor bonds with appro- tint your children have made so much lcsu,t . t,,ls cxpcrimciit in steamboat ved security, ot twenty eight lot in the greater p. ogress in learning and know- navigation, a mode of transportation
town of Hindustan, numbered as lodows, hdgeofihe world than mine? They all .V'"-" PPts aestincu to compensate
(to wit :) 118. 119. lfi(5, 172.
1449,
50. 1 :3 202 2tl
101, 158, 2i9,
Loaf,
9 a 9
7 a a
a 13
16 a 17 8 a 8i
12
Tallow per lb.
Tea, gunpowder, per lb. (saics) gl 50 imperial - do. l 50
vounir hvson, - - 1
hyson skin,
Vax,becs, per lb. (none) 32 a 33
Whiskey, - - 25 a 30 Tobacco, choice fine, per lb. 3 a 3 prime, - - 3 a 3J
2d. quality, - 2f 2J
X - - - 1 a lj Tin Sheet Iron AM .V UFA C T 0 11 r, WHOLKSALB S RETAIL. N. SMITH,
CJ iyAS again commenced business, on JI'S. the corner of Market anAstcmd itrcets, Vincennes, where all orders in his line will be strictly attended to. Job work will bo done on the shortest
4
134. 145 179 15-9
22S. 248, 249 250
274. 295. 29b. fis. 308. vhich lOiS h.'.ve been sji off to Sarah M. Prentiss, widow ut the said Jo in M. Prentiss, as her dower, and which are to be old subj . ct to In r t.se and ocn. fu,'uut -ing her life Ord. rtd, hat the Clerk give notice of the s.oe oi said tots, two months or more, bv ..os'oug the t:ie at one or more of the p. b-ir houses in tlindostan, also have tin- sa:m j ub isi.to in
one or more of the newspapers piinted at
Vincennes, Indiana. A Copy este, L R ROGERS, Clerk. September 6 i 83. 34- iu
attend the same school, and tor augnt I know, enjoy equal advantages. B Do yuu take the newspapers, neighbor A ? . No sir, I do not take them myself ; but I nov and then borrow one just to read. Pray sir, what have newspapers to do with lhe education of children I
B
inc western country lor its rcninirnr
from oceanic navigation.
From Carracas papers to the 30th July, received at the office of the National Gazette. On the I7thinst. his excellency the intendaut of the dcpaitment, entertained at
Why si-, ihey have a vast deal to government house, lhe minister from the
do wi.h it, 1 assure you. I snouidas soon United Slates, to our republic, think ot keeping them fidiu school, as to he company invite d to meet the hon. withhold troiii tliem tin newspapers. In- Mr. Anderson, consisted of fifty of our deed a n. wspaper is a little school of it- rnost respectable citizens, and the dinner self. Being new every week, it attracts compiised cvciv luxury, which Carracas their attention, Sc they are sure to peruse could afford it Pirns, w .ne they are storing their In the course of the evening, various minds with uselui bnow ledge, the) are at toasts, commemorative of the occasion
i the same time acquiring the an ol iead- were given ; amo .g the first were
fpFHUITTIWlW ljbubsc ribcr lkun t a large nur
scry of young APPLE TRF.hb
ing. Sic. I have olten been sui prised that
men ot understanding shouid overlook the importance ot a newspaper in a tamiiy. A In tiuih, neighbor B, I fiequently think 1 shotnd like to lake them ; but I
cannot wcil afford the expense.
44 The President of the United States."
"The Picsident of Columbia." " The honorable Mr. Andcison " '1 he Navy of the United States " Genetal Soublettc, in proposing the
health ol '-the Piesidcnt of the United
B. Can't affoidihe expense 1 ! what, : States," prefaced it with some rema ks,
situate in Walnut Prairie, Ckuk c my, : )cl mt uski the value ot o orb a yi ar ; expressive ot Ins pleasure at the cordi?l Illinois, three miles south ol dakw in, ; in compai ison with the pleastu c .mci ad- j hai mony subsisting between the two invites the citizens ol the Waba.h conn- i vantages to be derived liom a weil con- i count! ies, and on beholding- a minister of
u try adiacecu, to giv e him a c. ll He will ! dua' ll newspaper f At po. r as 1 am, 1 the U. Mates, in the republic of Celum-
n w" i sell at six dollars tier hundred, and take ! HUU,U I,ol 101 Jl - i li- 4 '-i
in payment, t or;;, Cauie, L otion, Wheat, and almost any othei good trade, but the above articles will be prefcried, and al
low a liberal trade price for the same
myself; bia. Our distance however, fiom his . x-
ot the happiness 1 mj-y m dii:g, at.d ; cellcncy, pi events us from recoi dine his
hearing my cimdren te: k'. , nd t.ok about j precise woids. what they have read in hc p.pris And j On the health of Mr. Anderson, being then the itilection, thattliev aie glowing afet wards given in the mos polite teims
. t i r 1 1 1. -
Hie purchaser shad have ti e uKht to I UP Intl -hHent t-ul memoers 01 so-1 b gen. Soublelte, that gentleman rose,
choose the trees ; none need Ik affiatd of - -tiy u. don t me-.tmn the expense and said :
not being supplied, as there are at least J l,a" u m advance evciy year, and ;.uu wid , 4. That no ordinaiy act of kind 40,000 fit to set out .rc cf ... . attention could have indue d him t
July 7. 182
W B. ARCHER.
Py6Hlrt-:irTIONS of an imperaJ live natute induce my absence from the state for the space of thtee months ' tiring this peiod, mv fiieiids Mr. llake and Mr. Dtwey, vviil attend
notice. Paper on a number of the Ohio to my business in cou t and Mr. George banks will be taken in payment for work, W. Ewing, will at all times he found at at its value. t my office. KC7The highest price given for old MOM'S TABBS. Copper, Brass Sc Pewter. ! Vincennes, July 8, 1823. 24-tf
A. I beiieve ..u ate right ! now be-
giw to sec my fohy I will go I onic and order the p:i;iter to send me his paper immediately. Vifisr Hfisshsififii. Tlx following lct'cr trotn maj. Biddle, gives an in'tres ting view of the country on the Upper Mississibpi, which he has recently visit cd in the steam boai Virginia. Extract of a letter Horn maj. Thos. Biddie, to one of his friends, dated, Mouth of St. Peters river, June 1 1, 1823. " 1 reached this pi?.ce after a passage
cir.rss or
to nu ke
cr.y public acknowledgment of the leclings with which he had been inspired, by the manner of his reception in this city but such had been the unvaried politeness and kind attention, which had been manifested towards him and his family, siexe the first moment ofhis arrival, that he cnu'd no longer iestainthc expression of Ids feelings. To be longer silent, might indicate a want of that -sensibility, without which, he would have been unworthy of the favors he had received. For himself, for his familv,for the constituted authorities and people of his countiy, he ictur-